morn

[ mawrn ]

/ mɔrn /

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noun Literary.

morning.

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Origin of morn

before 900; Middle English morn(e), Old English morne (dative of morgen morning); cognate with Dutch, German Morgen

Words nearby morn

Morley, Mormon, Mormon cricket, Mormons, mormyrid, morn, Mornay, morning, morning after, morning-after pill, morning coat

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How to use morn in a sentence

But may have explained pony for my daughter found stuffed down chimney on Xmas morn.
Up to a Point: 2013 in Review and Predictions for 2014|P. J. O’Rourke|January 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From early morn to early morn again, the hot winds continued, and the air was surcharged with the smell of burning plants.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
"So ye'll just be by yoursel' the morn, unless they put Dicky Tamson owre aside you," he added viciously.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Richard danced till the morn was paling, despite two great welts on his forehead.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

Laughing heartily, Hugh said he hoped he would shine as brightly on the resurrection morn as those same "Sunday boots."
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral|John Dunloe Carteret
In the morn, when it was light saw men that ice had formed round the ships so thick that it was feasible to walk round about them.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson

British Dictionary definitions for morn

morn

/ (mɔːn) /

noun

a poetic word for morning

the morn Scot tomorrow

the morn's nicht Scot tomorrow night

Word Origin for morn

Old English morgen; compare Old High German morgan, Old Norse morginn

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